Senior members of the Church of England have backed a move to revitalise baptism services. Photograph: Elly Godfroy/Alamy

Let your Holy Spirit rest upon them:the Spirit of wisdom and understanding;the Spirit of counsel and inward strength;the Spirit of knowledge and true godliness;and let their delight be in the fear of the Lord.

These are the kind of words newborn children hear when constituted as a member of the Church of England.

But on Wednesday senior members of the church backed a move to revitalise baptism services with the use of "BBC1 language". Reverend Tim Stratford, who proposed the change, said the rite "sounds as if the church wants an entirely religious response – removed from our behaviour, actions and conversation." The archbishop of Canterbury agreed that the "wordiness" of current baptisms might lead to "eyes glazing over".

As the Church of England moves to come up with an alternative, we want to know what message you – no matter what your beliefs – would offer a newborn starting out in life.